This content is machine translated COVID-19 and the Preventive State Basic rights infected by the virus? Never before has our life been so rigorously regulated as in the times of Corona. Yuval Noah Harari, one of the best-known human historians of our time, says of the…
View Post 9 min This content is machine translated Endoprosthesis infections Prosthesis changes would often be avoidable with a quick diagnosis Prosthetic infections are becoming more and more important due to an increasing number of primary prosthetics. The primary care physician is usually the first point of contact for patients when…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated COPD therapy The less eosinophilic the COPDer, the more unnecessary the ICS “Treatable traits” is the new magic term in the treatment of COPD, and the current guidelines are modeled after it. With regard to the structure of therapy, the focus should…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Cystic fibrosis In the sweat of the CF Next to hematomatosis, cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common genetic disease and the most common genetic disease with lung involvement. In adult patients, the symptoms are varied and often…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated The somewhat different knowledge Where does the name “Pancoast tumor” actually come from? The clinical picture of Pancoast tumor is widely known. But where does the somewhat strange name actually come from? We got to the bottom of it.
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Chronic inflammatory bowel disease (CED) Two new biomarkers identified for targeted therapy Surrogate markers have an important role in the disease management of IBD. Researchers found evidence that microbial butyrate synthesis may predict therapeutic efficacy and thus play an important role in…
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated Pediatric operations When children wish for more pain medication Postoperative pain and pain-related impairments are still inadequately treated in many cases, not only in adults but also in children. In an analysis of pediatric patient populations, a group of…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Lipid management: LDL cholesterol reduction Add-on to statin therapy recommended in patients at high cardiovascular risk Numerous empirical studies confirm that there is a causal relationship between high LDL cholesterol levels and cardiac events. The current motto with regard to LDL cholesterol reduction is “the lower,…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated COVID-19 Protection against infection in the doctor’s office As a meeting place of people from diverse habitats and -absections, the physician’s office represents a potential hotspot for infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The importance of good prevention is…
View Post 10 min This content is machine translated Visceral Surgery Update - Part 2 Lower gastrointestinal tract and perioperative management Approximately 60 per 1000 population undergo abdominal surgery annually. The majority of patients are initially evaluated and triaged in the primary care physician’s office. Part 2 of the Visceral Surgery… CME-Test
View Post 3 min This content is machine translated High-risk cardiovascular patients. Strong reduction of LDL-C levels in daily practice achievable by combination therapies Current treatment guidelines recommend low low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels for high-risk cardiovascular patients, which are unlikely to be achieved by statin therapy alone [1,2]. The fact that cardiovascular high-risk…
